Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

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voters, who reside on the island, and
have been voting in the Third ward, are
not entitled to vote at a city election.
Geo. Adelman has had his safe beauti-
fully decorated by Lundahl. His mono,
gram is conspicuous figure on the front,
a duplicate of which will be put on the
family carriage.
Eugene Bigelow of Whiteside county,
was in the city yesterday, having just
returned from California. He saw c. s.
Hamblin at Los Angeles. He is at work
at his trade there, aud receives S5 pei
day. Mr. Hamblin learned his trade in
the shop of Col. D. o. Reid, of this city.
! At the Union temperance meeting of
| the churches in Association hall on suns
day evening, resolution was adopted to
| request the city council to see that
screens are taken away from the windows
and doors of saloons and to watch such
places on Sunday. which the present city
council shall consider itself obligated to
do, Of course.
Mr.. Hemenway, of the Moline Ma
tional bank, ffercd the services of their
counters to the First National this mOrn>
ing until their own rooms are repaired.
1t Is not expected this kindness will be
into the middle room, which was not
much injured by fire, and will attend 10
all business brought before them.
Thomas Trumbe this mornings Sc
cured the contract for two boilers for
the new canning works, Davenport; sixty
inches in diameter and sixteen feet long
each of steel He has also the contract
for the stack fifty fonr inches in diameter
and fifty feet high, also the bracing for
same The fire fronts will also be put
up by Mr.. Trumble. This is a cash
transaction.
On Friday and Saturday there will be
an exhibition of articles made by the
scholars of the public schools at Associa-
ton hall. 1t will be different exhibit
from former years, and large amount of
work will be displayed Another feature
of interest will be the chorus CT 450
voices, under the direction of Prof.
Housel, made up of school children.
The pfohibitionists have endorsed nerly
| all the republican nominees for aldermen:
Samuel Could, in the First ward,
runs against A. G. Swanson, and Peter
| Kneberg against 5. L. Kerns in the
Third. Richerd Payton is endorsed in
the Second and Swanson would have
been in the first had Samuel Gould been
there TO withdraw. 1t remains to be seen
whether or not the republicans will help
them out tomorrow night all through.
| Beiderbeck & Miller and Van Patten &
Marks, of Davenport. fOreclosed mort>
gage they held only short time. on the
goods and chattes IT j. w. Holt, the
| Fifth avenue grocer yesterday. The
goods will be sold over the counters to
satisfy the mortgages, which amount TO
81, 700. Other indebtedness will bring
the liabilities to about 50, 500, and there
is enough stock on hand to satisfy al, if
sold at anything like cost.
Dimick, Gould & Co. are erecting a
refuse burner of boiler iron, which With
spark catch will be one hundred feet
high. 1t is twenty >two feet in diameter
and will he lined with fire brick to the
| eop. hAi' tShihlbSNi 10 hOih- tbt nun
ard Mr.. Huey the brick work. This
company have also put up new leg
way, log deck, chain with clutches, in
fact, have put in all the modern improve
ments and facilities for moving logs by
machinery this spring. They have five
new steam niggers in use. 1t will be a
few days yet before the mill viii be start,
ed, and three weekss before the fuel
burner is finished.
The basement under the First National
bank was seen to be on fire at 1890 last
| night, and an alarm sounded soon
brought out the hose companies in time
to save the building. The bank is los
Gated in the keator house block, srpara>
ted from the hotel proper by brick
wall, which prevented the fire spreading
eastward. The bank is Quilted and the
floor burned, but no papers of value
destroyed, nor was there much injured
by water. The furniture is partially
destroyed; several doors and windows
must be replaced and painted over. 1t
is not known how the fire originated, but
is supposed to have ignited from sponta>
ueous combustion. The loss will amount
to about 81 900, being insured. 1t was
Il narrow escape from a very disastrous
fire.